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Robert Gray
Robert Gray, 61, of Patterson, died Wednesday at Patterson Healthcare. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time. Visit www.jones-funeral-home.com to leave ...
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Golf course subsidy defended
While the Atchafalaya at Idlewild golf course continues to run in the red financially, the chairman of the commission overseeing the course says its benefits to the parish are numerous. Rudy Sparks...
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Meralda Warren, VP6MW, of Pitcairn Island, South Pacific
BEARS to host art from Pitcairn at fest
“CQ, CQ, CQ. This is VP6MW.” This is how the ham radio contact would start every summer for many years. A group of seven or eight ham radio operators throughout the United States would anxiously aw...
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What’s behind pending flood insurance premium increases?
Pending National Flood Insurance Program premium increases will affect nearly 18,000 policies state-wide as soon as subsidies of their premium begin to be phased out. Specific residential and busin...
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Louisiana Hospital Association backs Medicaid expansion
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration announced Tuesday that it won’t seek to replicate a private insurance Medicaid expansion model like Arkansas, despite requests from Louisiana l...
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Bayou Vista job is on St. Mary Parish School Board’s agenda
CENTERVILLE, La. -- A request to add an assistant principal at Bayou Vista Elementary School is among action on Thursday’s agenda for the St. Mary Parish School Board monthly meeting. Also schedule...
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Offices added to downtown district
MORGAN CITY, La. — The planning and zoning commission recommended the City Council approve H&B Young Foundation’s request to amend the district and land use regulations for the city’s General Plaz...
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Renwick getting final touches
BERWICK, La. — Finishing touches are being put on the 33 lots in the fifth phase of Renwick Subdivision development. A sewer line repair and some drainage issues are the last to be addressed by the...
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Public makes budget pleas
BATON ROUGE — Advocates for the elderly. Parents of disabled children. Supporters of a breast cancer screening program. Parish emergency officials. Victims of domestic violence. They were among tho...
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‘Canoe Adventure’ Bear Fest weekend
Friends of Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge are hosting a Canoe Adventure into Bayou Teche Refuge on Saturday, April 20 in conjunction with the Bayou Teche Bear Festival in Franklin. Participa...
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Historic district guidelines available
The Franklin Historic District Commission has been awarded a grant to print a limited number of copies of its updated guidelines. The 93-page manual is called “City of Franklin Historic District D...
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Teche Action sets 5K Run/Walk event
The 10th annual “Running of the Bears,” will be Saturday, April 20 at 8 a.m. in Franklin. The event, a 5K Fun Run/Walk is part of the 10th Annual Bear Festival, held along historic Main Street. Th...
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Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Albert Riggenbach
Rites today for slain police officer
FRANKLIN (AP) — A funeral service was set today for the Chitimacha tribal police officer killed in shootings that also wounded two sheriff’s deputies and left another man dead. The service for Sgt....
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State high court denies local alderman’s appeal
A Baldwin alderman lost his appeal to retain his seat by a ruling from the Louisiana Supreme Court Tuesday. Tony Gibson is not eligible to remain in office because he was not qualified to run for t...
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Vigil honors slain officer, other victims of shooting
Some 100 people gathered Wednesday in a candlelight vigil to honor Sgt. Rick Riggenbach, the Chitimacha Police officer killed Saturday. The vigil was held at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Charento...
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State Sen. Brett Allain, R-Jeanerette, spoke at a meeting on the completion of Interstate 49 Tuesday at the Patterson Civic Center.
Push to finish I-49 South takes ‘first step’
PATTERSON — State Sen. Bret Allain, R-Jeanerette, and a group of invited community members from multiple parishes took the first step in an effort to form a coalition to complete Interstate 49 from...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Emily Chauvin, top center, was awarded premier exhibitor in the senior swine livestock division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show Jan. 19 at Franklin Senior High School. Chauvin...
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Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Albert Riggenbach
Slain officer is 4th to die in line of duty in St. Mary Parish since 1950s
Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Albert Riggenbach, 52, was the fourth officer in St. Mary Parish to be killed in the line of duty since the mid-1950s. Riggenbach, a Chitimacha tribal police officer, and 78-y...
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Vigil set Wednesday in Charenton area
There will be a Candelight Vigil for the victims of the shooting in Charenton last weekend. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and the Charenton Community Outreach are inviting the entire St. Mary Parish ...
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Sinclair Callais
Callais is Holy Cross Elementary student of the year
Sinclair Callais has been named Holy Cross Elementary School’s student of the year. The Students of the Year Awards program recognizes outstanding students who have demonstrated excellent academic ...
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A news conference was held at the St. Mary Parish Courthouse in Franklin this morning on the Saturday shooting incident in Charenton, which left two dead and two wounded. From left are St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert, the Rev. Lloyd Benoit of Assumption Catholic Church, Patterson Police Chief Patrick LaSalle, Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackel, unidentified, State Police Tfc. Stephen Hammons of Troop I, Chitimacha Police Chief Blaise Smith, Berwick Police Chief James Richard, Chitimacha Assistant Police Chief Ellen Hebert, Morgan City Assistant Chief Glenn Blanco and Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire.
Chitimacha tribal officer killed; suspect arrested for killing officer, 78-year-old man
CHARENTON, La. — A Chitimacha tribal police officer and a 78-year-old man were killed in a shooting spree Saturday morning that also left two St. Mary Parish sheriff’s deputies wounded near Cypress...
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Chitimacha Police Chief Blaise Smith holds a photograph of slain Chitimacha police Sgt. Rick Riggenbach at a news conference held Monday in Franklin at the St. Mary Parish Courthouse.
Slain Chitimacha officer was a 15-year law enforcement veteran
FRANKLIN, La. — Two officers were wounded and a third killed after responding to Saturday’s arson in Charenton. All three lived in the Morgan City area. A civilian was killed prior to the incident ...
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Attempted murder charge in Franklin
A Franklin man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder. Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported that John Christopher Antoine, 31, of 1035-A Cayce St., Franklin, was arrested Friday at 6:...
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Police officer, civilian dead in Charenton shooting
A 78-year-old man and a Chitimacha police officer are dead after a shooting in Charenton Saturday that left two other police officers in critical but stable condition. The officers came under fire ...
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